Lindsay: We started out with funding from angels. The original conception of the business was to start in one market, grow, get profitable and use the proceeds to then scale to the next market. Brian: Can you just explain sort of 101, like how do these ventures start to get funded and grow? Lindsay: When a venture gets to a certain scale, you'll shift over to venture capital.
In the start-up world, when is it possible to grow too fast? Harvard Business School professor Tom Eisenmann and entrepreneur Lindsey Hyde discuss what led to the failure of Hyde’s pet care start-up, Baroo.